Wagon-reach.



N0."7I5,994. Patented'Dec. I6, |902.- J. T'. CRAMPTON &. D. PRICE WAGON REACH.

(Application ld Apr. 1B, 1902.)

(lo Model.)

Y/rrn STATES APArnNr nFrcE.

JOHN T. CRAMPTON, OF PAWNEE CITY, NEBRASKA, AND DAYTON PRICE, OF NEMAHA COUNTY, KANSAS; SAID PRICE ASSIGNOR TO SAID CRAMPTON.

WAGON-REACH.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,994, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed April l5, 1902. Serial No. 102,989. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN T. CRAMPTON, residing at Pawnee City, in the county of Pawnee and State of Nebraska, and DAYTON PRICE, residing in Nemaha county, State of Kansas, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tagen-Reaches, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to wagon-reaches,and more especially to an adjustable reach to permit the length of the truck to be varied, and thus accommodate wagon-boxes and hay or stock racks of varying lengths.

A further object is to produce a device of this character of simple, strong, durable, and cheap construction.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construczo tion and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the invention may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View showing in full lines the rear portion of a wagon-reach embodying our invention and the front portion of the rear hounds, and in dotted lines the rear axle, bolster, and rear portion of said 3o hounds. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the sleeve portion of the reach. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the front end of the sleeve portion of the reach and of the-hounds, the former being shown as arranged previous to its permanent connection tosaid hounds. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the front end of the sleeve portion of the reach as arranged after it is permanently secured to the rear hounds, the hounds, however, being omitted.

Referring to the drawingsin detail, where like reference characters designate corresponding parts, 1 designates the rear axle, and 2 the rear bolster, superposed with relation to the axle and secured thereto in the usual or any preferred manner. 3designates the rear hounds, secured to and between said axle and bolster and converging forwardly to the opposite sides ofthe sleeve portion 4 of the reach, said sleeve portion fitting at its rear end 5o between the axle and bolster and having npwardlyprojeeting and depending perforated flanges 5 and 6, bearing, respectively, against the rear sides of the bolster and axle, and secured rigidly in any suitable manner upon said sleeve portion 4 is a collar 7, having up- 55 wardly-projecting and depending perforated flanges 8 and 9, bearing, respectively, against the front sides of the bolster and axle, said bolster and axle being clamped rigidly between iianges Sand 8 and ti and9and upon the 6o sleeve portion 4 by means of bolts 10, extending through theV bolster and axle, nuts 11 engaging the rear ends of said bolts. At its front end said sleeve portion is provided with laterally-projecting bottom ilanges 12 and vtop 65 anges 13. The former are provided at the middle of their outer edges with strap extensions 14, and the ianges 13 are each provided at their outer corners with shorter strap extensions 15. The front ends ofthe hounds bear 7o against the outer sides of the front end of the sleeve portion between flanges 12 and 13 thereof and are so secured by bending the extensions 15 down against the outer edges and up against the under side of the bottom flanges 12, while the strap extensions 14 of` the bottom flanges are bent upwardly against the outer edges of the hounds and down upon the top flanges, their ends overlapping, as shown. Vhen thus arranged, bolts'or rivets 16 are it- 8o ted down through the top anges, the hounds, the bottom Iianges,and the strap extensions 15. The front portion of the reach, numbered 17 and adapted to be secured in the usual manner to the front portion of the truck, (not shown,) is provided with aseries of vertical perforations 18 near its rear end, which end fits telescopically in sleeve portion 4 and is united reliably to the latter by means of bolt 19, extending down through the over- 9o lapping ends of strap extensions 14 and sleeve portion 4 and is engaged at its lower end by a nut 20. By this arrangement itis obvious that to extend or contract the length of the reach it is only necessary to remove bolt 19 95 and. adjust the rear portion of the truck forwardly or rearwardly the desired distance, when bolt 19 is again secured in the manner explained, but of course extends through a IOO reach is provided which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable and that the means employed for clamping the rear end of the sleeve portion to the rear bolster and axle and the front end of the sleeve portion to the hounds tends to resist any independent longitudinal straining movement and make the structure strong and rigid and that by interlocking the strap extensions by fitting those of the bottom flanges between those of the upper flanges the bolt 19 is relieved of considerable strain which would otherwise be imposed upon it if there was any lost motion caused by the bolts or rivets 1G fitting loosely through the registering holes of the top and bottom flanges and the hounds and strap extensions 15.

From the above description it will be apparent that we have produced an extensible reach which obviously may be modified in some minor particulars without departing from the principle of' construction involved.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. An adjustable reach for wagon-trucks, comprising a rear sleeve portion, a front portion fitting telescopically in the rear portion, means for securing said portions at dierent positions of adjustment, top and bottom flanges projecting laterally from the sleeve portion to embrace the upper and lower sides of the rear hounds and bolted to the latter, and strap extensions for said top and bottom flanges, the strap extensions of one set of said flanges fitting between the strap extensions of the other set of flanges, and bearing against the outer edges of the hounds.

2. An adjustable reach for wagon-trucks, comprising a rear sleeve portion, a front portion fitting telescopicallyin the rear portion, means for securing said portions at different positions of adjustment, top and bottom flanges projecting laterally from the sleeve portion to embrace the upper and lower sides of the rear hounds and bolted to the latter, and strap extensions for said top and bottom flanges, the strap extensions of' one set of said flanges fitting between the strap extensions of the other set of said flanges and bearing against the outer edges of the hounds, and bolts extending through said top and bottom flanges, the interposed hounds and certain of said strap extensions.

3. An adjustable reach for wagon-trucks, comprising a rear sleeve portion, a front portion fitting telescopically in the rear portion, means for securing said portions atv different positions of adjustment, top and bottom flanges projecting laterally from the sleeve portion to embrace the upper and lower sides of the rear hounds and bolted to the latter, and strap extensions for said top and bottom flanges, the strap extensions of one set of said flanges' fitting between the strap extensions of the other set of flanges and bearing against the outer edges of the hounds, certain of said strap extensions overlapping each other, and secured together by the means employed for uniting the front and rear portions of the reach together.

4. An adjustable reach for Vwagon-trucks, comprising a rear sleeve portion, a front portion fitting telescopiealiy in the rear portion, means for securing said portions at different positions of adjustment, top and bottoni fianges projecting laterally from the sleeve portion to embrace the upper and lower sides of the rear hounds and bolted to the latter, and strap extensions for said top and bottom flanges, the strap extensions of one set of' said flanges fitting between the strap extensions of the other set of' said flanges and bearing against the outer edges of the hounds, and bolts extending through said top and bottom flanges, the interposed hounds and certain of said strap extensions, certain of said strap extensions overlapping each other, and secured together by the means employed for uniting the front and rear portions of the reach together.

5. An adjustable reach for wagon-trucks, comprising a rear sleeve portion, having upwardly-projecting and depending flanges at its rear end to bear respectively against the rear sides of the rear bolster and axle, a collar secured upon said sleeve portion and provided with flanges to bear against the front sides of the rear bolster and axle respectively, bolts to extend through the bolster and the axle and adapted to connect the upper flanges together and the lower flanges together, a front portion fitting telescopically in the rear portion, means for securing said portions at different positions of adjustment, top and bottom flanges projecting laterallyfrom the sleeve portion to embrace the upper and lower sides of the rear hounds and bolted to the latter, and strap extensions for said top and bottom flanges, the stl'ap extensions of one set of said flanges fitting between the strap extensions of the other set of' flanges, and bearing against the outer edges of the hounds.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN T. CRAMPTON. DAYTON PRICE. Witnesses:

DAVID W. BURNHAM, GOTLIGTH KOHN.

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